Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2020

Quite simply: We need entrepreneurs and their ideas to keep our society moving forward, not just economically but equitably. Like entrepreneurs, startup community builders can’t rely on hunches or assumptions; they need to get out there, gather data, and see what’s happening for themselves. This is a critically important development.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 19, 2012

Each company gets $20k in funding, mentorship from top entrepreneurs, investors and Microsoft executives, $60K in Azure credit, office space, training and support, and demo day to pitch to investors, media, and industry influentials. The applications are open now through July 13.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 29, 2015

While this makes for press release fodder and ego gratification, it’s of very little use to entrepreneurs. After he posted it, he sent around the link to a few prominent people in the tech media. When I pondered it, I realized how divergent the media was becoming from what entrepreneurs were thirsty for in terms of substance.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2016

While the meme that the only place to build a company is in Silicon Valley has softened, there’s still a strong belief that the best place to be if you are a first time entrepreneur is Silicon Valley. My argument is, and has never been, against Silicon Valley, but rather for the rest of the planet.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 13, 2011

The commentary by politicians, economists, and the media on the European debt crisis and the US debt ceiling dynamics is appalling. And more and more entrepreneurs who I’m exposed to who are presenting their companies for financing have a complete lack of understanding of their financials – both current and projected.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 25, 2015

Many of the industry funds were wildly successful (in sectors such as media communications, health care, consumer, etc.), Most losses happen when you combine Market and Product risk – take one, not both, and take it with a proven entrepreneur. Taking all five at once is crazy. The fatal flaw of the 80’s was fear”. I strongly disagree.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Six months ago, two Boulder entrepreneurs and angel investors approached me and my partners about investing in a new accelerator targeting women-led companies. In order to be considered for admission into the 12-week program, which begins on February 2nd, companies must have at least one female in a leadership role.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 12, 2011

Mark Suster interviews Ian Rogers , the CEO of Topspin Media, on ThisWeekIn Venture Capital. I find him incredibly passionate and articulate about what he does – he exemplifies the kind of entrepreneur we want to back in our Distribution theme.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 27, 2013

My newest book, Startup Life: Surviving and Thriving in a Relationship with an Entrepreneur , that I wrote with my wife Amy Batchelor , is shipping. If you play, make sure you also Like the book (if you order on Amazon), tweet out or Facebook the purchase, or do whatever other social media thing lights your fire. Or Win A Contest.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 7, 2011

I’m often asked what books I’d recommend to an entrepreneur (especially an aspiring entrepreneur). The media is aggressively negative presumably in the quest for getting readership. The great entrepreneurs just keep building their companies. Random people, who get notoriety for themselves, blow up.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 31, 2017

One of these activities is a social media campaign to publicly recognize a number of individuals who their campus has identified as a #DepressionHero. Many are less fortunate, like the entrepreneur I didn’t know who unexpectedly to everyone around him committed suicide last week.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 10, 2014

As we enter the time of year where every media-related thingy publishes it’s “best of 2014″ and “predictions for 2015″ lists, I simply pass on participating in all of them and read none of them. We are happy to support whatever process an entrepreneur wants to go through. I’m not a predictor.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

And, if you are an entrepreneur interested in the TechStars NY program, apply now so you can come to TechStars for a Day on 11/20/10. And I can’t wait to see the NY program start cranking. We’ve got a few other interesting pieces of TechStars news coming over the next month – look out for them!

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 27, 2012

I’ve also observed many times (and experienced) the steep curve from obscurity to hero to goat to re-emergent hero that the media loves to play out over and over again. I’ve also decided philosophically to try to be responsive to any entrepreneur who is looking for help or feedback.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 8, 2010

I think the best way for entrepreneurs – especially first time or aspiring ones – to learn is to hear stories from other entrepreneurs. When I ponder where / when I learn the most about entrepreneurship, it is when real entrepreneurs tell their very specific stories. I never get tired of talking to entrepreneurs.

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Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Even more excitingly, they are covering a wide range of companies – some deep tech, social media, health care informatics, robotics, and ecommerce. We’ve also got some fun surprises on new mentors for 2011 in Boston that match up with these segments that we’ll be announcing soon.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 26, 2012

Something a random person, usually an entrepreneur, who is well intentioned but unknown to me wants me to tweet. There must have been a social media online course somewhere that told people “email all people you know with big twitter followings and ask them to tweet something out for you. ” Ok – that’s cool.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

This is a bidirectional experiment for us – we are helping Sympoz launch their new set of programs for startups and entrepreneurs while continuing to experiment with new forms of media around education on a topic we know well. My class, How To Light a Spark & Set Your Startup on Fire , is FREE for a limited time.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Several of the stops were regularly hang outs of mine between 1983 and 1995 most notably #10 (Miracle of Science) and #11 (Toscanini’s) but also including #5 (MIT Media Lab), #6 (Muddy Charles Pub), #7 (MIT Lobby 7), and #8 (Central Square and the Necco Factory – back when they made Necco wafers.).

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

I’m always intrigued on how mainstream media presents new innovations like Sifteo in a five minute segment. In the mean time, enjoy the video, and our effort to help fund the entrepreneurs who are trying to change the way humans and computers interact with each other. Last week Bloomberg did a nice short piece on Sifteo.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 5, 2013

If you think hard about what Chris is suggesting, it’s the path through the idea maze for most entrepreneurs that is the important thing. I self published some content (my blog) and contributed to traditional print and online media. Here’s a specific example from my own experience. I’ve always loved books.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 20, 2015

The media wants hero stories. The most glorious media story arc is rags to riches to rags with redemption back to riches. It also wants goat stories. None of this is new – it’s been going on since the beginning of time.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

There is much less focus on a $1 billion private valuation (thankfully) as both entrepreneurs and VCs have again shifted much of their discussion to what needs to be done long-term to build a successful company. Any current trends that stand out to you that are changes from the 2015 environment?

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 31, 2013

As Boulder continues to gain visibility as a great place to create companies, I’ve decided to highlight some of the entrepreneurs – and their companies – who have contributed to Boulder in significant ways. I sought to mimic his propensity to leverage social media. “How can Brad help?”,

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

” The Accelerator Data presented on Seed-DB is a great example that entrepreneurs should be able to quickly relate to (unlike the image I included in this post, which I find completely impenetrable.) As an entrepreneur, I encourage you to think hard about whether the right thing to compare a particular metric to is median vs. average.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 28, 2014

“It looks really great on the surface,” said Peter Adams, executive director of the Rockies Venture Club, a nonprofit aimed at connecting investors and entrepreneurs. I like and respect Peter, so this isn’t aimed at him, but rather at the clear lack of understanding of the capital dynamics around VC funds.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 23, 2012

The first time was to a set of entrepreneurs in TechStars New York who were from Vancouver and have spouses and significant others back home. The second time was to an entrepreneur at the NewMe Accelerator who has a spouse and kids in Atlanta. It’s magic. I did this in college with my parents who I missed a great deal.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 10, 2012

The mix of two totally different communities of people – a huge crowd of entrepreneurs, nerds, and techies in Shine crossed with an equally cruising bike crowd on the street. There was the usual cheering, hooting and hollering, and just generally good karma at 10pm on a warm summer night.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 23, 2012

And, if you look at some of the successful companies we have had from our previous investing at Mobius Venture Capital, you’d see market leaders like Postini, Return Path, FeedBurner, Rally, Stratify, NewsGator, and Sling Media. An important nuance is that these companies weren’t unambiguously market leaders when they got started.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

It was awesome and I recommend it for any entrepreneur out there either working on a company or thinking about starting a company. Instead, it’s a great biography of an entrepreneur, his company, and his all too short life. ” This is not one of those books.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 26, 2016

I follow mostly entrepreneurs and VCs – some who I know and some who I don’t know. But no newspapers, no magazines, and no mainstream media. Twitter has always been that refreshing place where I can quickly find out what is going on in my tech world. I have a few companies in my feed.

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